He said: “We won’t lower the security of WhatsApp. We have never done that – and we have accepted being blocked in other parts of the world'
WhatsApp could be blocked in the UK if the Online Safety Bill passes, the head of the messaging service has warned.
The WhatsApp head said the company would not comply if the new bill forced it to scan messages for child abuse material, the BBC reported.“Our users all around thewant security – 98% of our users are outside the UK, they do not want us to lower the security of the product,” he said.He added: “We won’t lower the security of WhatsApp. We have never done that – and we have accepted being blocked in other parts of the world.
He added: “If companies installed software onto people’s phones and computers to scan the content of their communications against a list of illegal content, what happens when other countries show up and give a different list of illegal content?”
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